calcaneal | (adjective) relating to the heel bone or heel | - |
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calcaneus | (noun) the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel | Synonyms: heelbone, os tarsi fibulare |
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calcareous | (adjective) composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk | Synonyms: chalky |
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calced | (adjective) used of certain religious orders who wear shoes | Synonyms: shod |
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calcedony | (noun) a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz | Synonyms: chalcedony |
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calceiform | (adjective) of slipper-shaped blossoms | Synonyms: calceolate |
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calceolaria | (noun) any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip | Synonyms: slipperwort |
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calceolate | (adjective) of slipper-shaped blossoms | Synonyms: calceiform |
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calceus | (noun) a shoe covering the ankle; worn by ancient Romans | - |
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calcic | (adjective) derived from or containing calcium or lime | - |
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calcicolous | (adjective) growing or living in soil rich in lime | - |
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calciferol | (noun) a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets | Synonyms: cholecalciferol, D, ergocalciferol, viosterol, vitamin D |
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calciferous | (adjective) bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite | - |
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calcific | (adjective) involving or resulting from calcification | - |
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calcification | (noun) a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) | - |
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(noun) tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts | - |
(noun) an inflexible and unchanging state | - |
calcifugous | (adjective) growing or living in acid soil | - |
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calcify | (verb) turn into lime; become calcified | - |
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(verb) convert into lime | - |
(verb) become impregnated with calcium salts | - |
(verb) become inflexible and unchanging | - |
calcimine | (noun) a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings | - |
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(verb) cover with calcimine | - |
calcination | (noun) the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature | - |
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calcine | (verb) heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces | - |
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calcite | (noun) a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone | - |
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calcitic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing calcite | - |
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calcitonin | (noun) thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone | Synonyms: thyrocalcitonin |
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calcium | (noun) a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals | Synonyms: atomic number 20, Ca |
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calculability | (noun) The quality of being subject to or ascertainable by calculation. | - |
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calculable | (adjective) able to be calculated or estimated | - |
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calculate | (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out |
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(verb) specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | Synonyms: aim, direct |
(verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: count on, estimate, figure, forecast, reckon |
(verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
(verb) predict in advance | Synonyms: forecast |
(verb) keep an account of | Synonyms: account |
calculated | (adjective) carefully thought out in advance | Synonyms: deliberate, measured |
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calculating | (adjective) acting with a specific goal | Synonyms: calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd |
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calculatingly | (adverb) in a calculating manner | - |
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calculation | (noun) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | Synonyms: computation, computing |
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(noun) problem solving that involves numbers or quantities | Synonyms: computation, figuring, reckoning |
(noun) planning something carefully and intentionally | Synonyms: deliberation |
calculative | (adjective) acting with a specific goal | Synonyms: calculating, conniving, scheming, shrewd |
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calculator | (noun) a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic | Synonyms: calculating machine |
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(noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: computer, estimator, figurer, reckoner |
calculous | (adjective) relating to or caused by or having a calculus or calculi | - |
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calculus | (noun) the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions | Synonyms: infinitesimal calculus |
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(noun) a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body | Synonyms: concretion |
(noun) an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums | Synonyms: tartar, tophus |